HARRISBURG, Pa. -- A Pennsylvania federal judge on Sept. 13 held that the individual mandate contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is an unconstitutional extension of authority granted to the federal government under the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause ( Barbara...

"Immigration hardliners never hesitate to claim the mantle of “states’
rights” when defending laws like Arizona SB 1070. But those wanting
local cops to double as federal immigration agents were conspicuously
silent at a congressional hearing
on Wednesday on the Scott...

"Lawyers for Farmers Branch asked Wednesday for a rehearing of the
city’s immigration ordinance before the full 18-member 5th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals in New Orleans. The city’s ordinance banning [unauthorized] immigrants from renting in the city has been repeatedly struck ...

"The latest ruling came on Friday from a federal court in Florida, which threw out state regulations defining American children of parents without legal immigration status as out-of-state residents, ineligible for tuition breaks given to state residents at public colleges and universities. ... In...

"The Ordinance at issue in this case and passed by the active citizens of the City of Farmers Branch (“Farmers Branch”) seeks to regulate non-citizens who reside in the United States contrary to law. Farmers Branch, Tex., Ordinance 2952 (Jan. 22, 2008), permanently enjoined by Villas...

"U.S. Judge Michael Ponsor declared the government’s nationwide policy of shackling detainees during immigration court proceedings unconstitutional, calling it an affront to a person’s dignity. Even the safety considerations cited by the government did not provide it with “unlimited...

The Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit (in and for Miami-Dade County) has entered an Order finding that the exclusive remedy provision of the Florida Workers’ Compensation Act (see § 440.11, Fla. Stat.) is unconstitutional because, in relevant part, injured workers, as well as their...

Two Montana statutes that allow a workers’ compensation insurance carrier to have ex parte communications with claimant’s medical care providers represent an unconstitutional violation of claimant’s right to privacy, at least under the facts of the case before it, held the Montana Supreme...

"Arizona law categorically forbids granting undocumented immigrants arrested for a wide range of felony offenses any form of bail or pretrial release, even if the particular arrestee is not a flight risk or dangerous. We must decide whether such an absolute denial comports with the substantive component...

"A federal judge in Pittsburgh ruled Tuesday that President Barack Obama overstepped his authority and violated the Constitution when he issued an executive order last month to delay deportation for millions of people living in the U.S. illegally. In an opinion issued in a local case of a Honduran...

By Courtney Gilligan Saleski , Jonathan W. Haray , and Mark A. Kasten
In Hill v. Securities Exchange Commission , the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, [subscribers can access an enhanced version of this opinion: lexis.com | Lexis Advance ], preliminarily enjoined...

New York Times, Dec. 7, 2015 - "Experts on immigration law and policy expressed shock at the proposal Monday afternoon. “This is just so antithetical to the history of the United States,” said Nancy Morawetz, a professor of clinical law at New York University School of Law , who specializes...

MIJA writes: " The Montana Supreme Court has just issued a unanimous decision striking down the entirety of Montana's anti-immigrant law, which was placed on the 2012 ballot by the Montana legislature and approved by 80% of voters. The law, known as LR-121, would have denied a wide variety of...

The Supreme Court of Utah held (a) that the statute delegating authority to the Labor Commission to regulate fees for attorneys representing claimants [Utah Code § 34A–1–309] and (b) the sliding-scale fee schedule (and cap on fees) crafted by the Commission and contained in Utah Admin...

In a split decision, the Supreme Court of Florida struck down the state’s 104-week limit on TTD benefits for injured workers who remain totally disabled after the capped time period, but who have not yet reached MMI. The majority held the limit [set forth in § 440.15(2), Fla. Stat.], violated...